Post Category : Field Life
Wild Weather
By Britt Romano on July 26, 2017
Weather can change very quickly in the foothills. From one day to the next, and within the day itself.

The following photos were taken all on the next day.



The weather can also change a lot depending on your elevation. In order to get out of the valley we were in we had to drive up and down a mountain pass. There was a lot more snow at the higher elevation than where we were working. There was no snow on our drive in that morning.

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